Brick carrier



May 25 1926. 1,586,475

i H. K. 'SCHIONDELMAYER ET AL BRICK CARRIER Filed Feb. 1:5, 1925 ENQPatented May 25, 1926.V

NITED Application :tiled February STATES'k i ATE.1\ir oFFiCn J orMARION, AND SAMUEL' c.V rULKiiRsoN, or CEDAR rnaPIDs, IOWA.

' BRICK Ciminna.

This invention relates to `improvements in brick carriers.

The primaryV object to provide a brick of the invention is carrier thatmay be manipulated easily with onehand for causing thev same to grip andrelease a series of bricks.

A further object provide a carrier' the 'invention is to Y for holdingthe, brick gripping members in a proper Arelation in respect to each beplaced in a position other so that the carrier may for taking hold of apredetermined number of bricks, where# upon the said members becomevinoperative and the bricks may be gripped,`the said members againautomatically becoming operative when the bricks are released froin thecarrier so that a new load o'f bricks may be handled.

Other objects vand advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

InV the accompanying drawings forming` a part of thisv specification andin which like numerals are emp loyed to desi'ignate like partsthroughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the brick carrier embodying thisinvention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken upon lines II-II of Fig.1,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line III- III of Fig.1, and

Figure 4 taken upon transverse sectional view line IVIV of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred einbodiment of this invention,

the numeral 5 designates in its entirely the body portion of the carrierwhich consists of the telescopically arranged tubular members 6 and 7which are of square formation in crosssection with the member 7 beingreceived within the member 6.

For the purpose of maintaining these members 6 and 7 in their properadjusted position, the member 7 has a series of apertures 8 formed inone side wall thereof which are adapted to be selectively arranged inaperture 9 the member 6.

outer face of this wall alignment with an formed in the adjacent wall ofSuitably secured to the of the member 6 is a latch plate 10 having astud 11 which enters the registering openings 8 and 9.

This latch platey member 12 by means o 10 is provided with a gripf whichthe stud 11 wall of ia, 1925.', seriai No. 3,926.

may be operated.. yTo maintain latch v plate with its stud `in operativepositions in respect` to the telescopic members Gand 7, a spring plate13isvsecured to the yside the member 6 bythe screws 14 and has its freeend overlying the latch plate lteinovably fastened to the'v free end.ofthe framemember 7 is an inverted` L-shaped brick gripping member 15which is main-. 'tainedin place bythe bolt 16; The free end of thisgriping member 15 is bifurcated,

this ear 22 is intended for receiving the bolt f 23 which secures thehand kkgrip 24.to the member` 19. For the purposev of inaintainingthisgripping member 19 in a position to permit the carrier to be arranged inrespect to a'series of bricks sovthat the latter may be grasped, aspring member 25 is secured by the screws' 26 to the under face of theframe member 6 and has adj ustably secured to its free end the yokemember 27, as

by the slot 28 and screws 29. This yoke member 27 hasthe bifurcated end27a formed `with its furcations bent to define hook portions 30 whichreleasably-engage the transversely extending stud 31 carriedby the brickgripping member 19. n

The operation of this brick carrier may be described as follows It is tobe understood that the pivotal brick gripping member'19 is retained inthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by the yoke 27 carried by the springmember 25. With the brick gripping members 15 and 19 in the relativepositions illustrated, the carrier is adapted to be positioned inoperative relation with a predetermined series or numbery of bricksarranged in a pile. The operator of the carrier merely grasps the handle24 with one hand and inserts the brick gripping members 15 and 19between the adjacent faces of the bricks. By forcing downwardly upon thecarrier, by means of the handle 24, the bricks to be moved toward theframe member 6 to release the hooked ends froml the transverselyextending stud 31. After the brick gripping member 19 is released, anupward lifting force applied to the handle 24 will cause the member 19to pivot upon the pin 18 for gripping or binding the bricks to behandled between the member 19 and 15. This series of bricks lmay then becarried to the place desired and by placing the' said bricks upon asupport, the handle 24 may be moved downwardly in respect to the frame5. This downward movement will increase the distance between the members15 and 19 and the bricks will be released. This pivotal movement of the4brick gripping member 19 will cause the stud 31 to be again moved intoengagement with the hooks 30 and the member 19 will be retained in theposition illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

It is to be understood that the form of this invention herewith shownand described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, andthat various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim 1. In a device of the typedescribed, a frame comprising a pair of telescopically arranged tubularmembers, means for maintaining said members in adjusted relation ferentadjustments of the tubular membersf 2. In a device of the typedescribed, a frame comprising a pair of telescopically arranged tubularmembers, rectangular in cross-section, means for maintaining saidmembers in adjusted relation in. respect to each other, a grippingmember rigidly carried by one of the frame members atV the kfree endthereof, a second gripping member pivotally carried by the opposite endof the remaining frame member, a handle carried by the pivoted grippingmember, and means for releasably holding the pivoted gripping memberimmovable in respect to the rigid gripping member, said means beingreleased by the objects to be handled when the device is properlyarranged in respect thereto.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

HARVEY K. SCHONDELMAYER. SAMUEL C. FULKERSON.

